Skanda Purana 7.13.3_259

7.13.3_259

vyāsa uvāca
andhakaḥ sa kathaṃ daityo hareṇa vinipātitaḥ .
yasya trailokyamakhilaṃ bhayāt sarvaṃ vaśe sthitam . . 1 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
andhako nāma daityendra ādau1 trailokyakaṇṭakaḥ .
brahmaṇastu varān prāpya sovadhyo devamānuṣaiḥ . .2. .
na tasya yuddhe kruddhasya viṣṇuḥ śakro yamothavā .
śakto hyabhimukhe sthātuṃ kimutānye divaukasaḥ . .3 . .
sa kadācid balodvṛttaḥ paryaṭan pṛthivīmimām .
apaśyanmandaraprasthe devīṃ himavataḥ sutām . .4. .
sa tāmālokya daityendraḥ kāmopahatacetanaḥ .
ahameva prabhuriti devyāṃ2 dauṣṭyamacintayata . . 5 . .
cintayitvā tu tāṃ prāha dānavānanuyāyinaḥ .
ānayadhvamimāṃ śīghraṃ matsamīpaṃ nagātmajāma . .6. .

Vyāsa said: / How was that daitya Andhaka struck down by Hara, / under whose power the entire three worlds lay out of fear? // 1 // / Sanatkumāra said: / The lord of daityas named Andhaka was at first a thorn to the three worlds. / Having obtained boons from Brahmā, he was invulnerable to gods and mortals. // 2 // / When he was enraged in battle, neither Viṣṇu, nor Śakra, nor Yama / was able to stand facing him; how much less the other gods? // 3 // / Once, puffed up with pride in his strength, roaming about this earth, / he saw on a ridge of Mount Mandara the goddess, the daughter of Himavat. // 4 // / Beholding her, the lord of daityas, his mind ruined by desire, / thinking, "I alone am the master," conceived wickedness toward the goddess. // 5 // / And having thought so, he spoke to the Dānavas following him: / "Quickly bring this daughter of the mountain near to me!" // 6